I like this article because I like the way of the author's thinking. The author uses the word 'game' to demonstrate schools with positive images as well as all kinds of obstacles from all players involved in the game. After reading this article, a word came into my mind, which is pseudo-environment. This is a term related to the portrayed world by the media or by individuals themselves through stories and pictures. It is kind of similar. This article lists some obstacles in teaching and then gives the definition of 'the game of school'. I am impressed by the example he cited that his friend found kids in a reading program took homework as a trick, they asked easy questions in order to get rid of the troublesome homework and do others else. However, when the teacher read the story to students and all students were inspired, they asked good and meaningful questions. This kind of experience is not new to me. In my high school, my math teacher gave tons of rote exercises which made me feel sick and I always tried to find all kinds of easy ways to deal with them. On the contrary, my Chinese teacher was an inspiring teacher who kept providing us reference reading materials and encouraging us to discuss. That could be a reason that I like Chinese so much and want to be a Chinese teacher. From the author's view, if students and teachers collaborate together, overcome all obstacles, it will be a double win game. However, too many people are caught in the game. For teachers, they may be distracted from heavy loads and extra non-teaching work. Under this situation, I thinks schools should do more like hiring enough execute staffs to help with non-teaching work, seeking more grants for facilities and teaching materials. "We act as though getting along, getting by and getting out is what school really is about." Here is the question I really want to know is what school really about since all of this is a game, what is the truth of school?
by the media or by individuals themselves through stories and pictures. It is kind of similar.
This article lists some obstacles in teaching and then gives the definition of 'the game of school'. I am impressed by the example he cited that his friend found kids in a reading program took homework as a trick, they asked easy questions in order to get rid of the troublesome homework and do others else. However, when the teacher read the story to students and all students were inspired, they asked good and meaningful questions. This kind of experience is not new to me. In my high school, my math teacher gave tons of rote exercises which made me feel sick and I always tried to find all kinds of easy ways to deal with them. On the contrary, my Chinese teacher was an inspiring teacher who kept providing us reference reading materials and encouraging us to discuss. That could be a reason that I like Chinese so much and want to be a Chinese teacher.
From the author's view, if students and teachers collaborate together, overcome all obstacles, it will be a double win game. However, too many people are caught in the game. For teachers, they may be distracted from heavy loads and extra non-teaching work. Under this situation, I thinks schools should do more like hiring enough execute staffs to help with non-teaching work, seeking more grants for facilities and teaching materials.
"We act as though getting along, getting by and getting out is what school really is about." Here is the question I really want to know is what school really about since all of this is a game, what is the truth of school?